New Documentaries in Latin America [Paperback]

Examining the vast breadth and diversity of contemporary documentary production, while also situating nonfiction film and video within the cultural, political, and socio-economic history of the region, this book addresses topics such as documentary aesthetics, indigenous media, and transnational filmmaking, among others.Introduction PART I: AESTHETICS AND POLITICS 1. A Poetics of the Trace; Ana M. L?pez 2. First-Person Documentary and the New Political Subject: Enunciation, Recent History, and the Present in New Argentine Cinema; Antonio G?mez 3. Under the Surface of the Image: Cultural Narrative, Symbolic Landscapes, and National Identity in the Films of Jorge de L?on and Armando Cap?; Ruth Goldberg 4. Performance in Brazilian Documentaries; Vinicius Navarro 5. Narrative, Visibility, and Trauma in Bus 174 ; Cecilia Sayad 6. Residual Images and Political Time: Memory and History in Chile, Obstinate Memory and City of Photographers ; Jos? Miguel Palacios PART II: COMMUNITY AND INDIGENOUS MEDIA 7. Reenact, Reimagine: Performative Indigenous Documentaries of Bolivia and Brazil; Amalia C?rdova 8. An Other Documentary is Possible: Indy Solidarity Video and Aesthetic Politics; Freya Schiwy 9. Chilean Political Documentary Video of the 1980s; Antonio Traverso and Germ?n Li?ero PART III: LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND TRANSNATIONAL DIALOGUES 10. Bolivia in View; Michael Chanan 11. Intimate Spaces and Migrant Imaginaries: Sandra G?mez, Susana Barriga, and Heidi Hassan; Susan Lord and Zaira Zarza 12. Documentary on Wheels: Car Culture in Karen Rossi's Isla Chatarra ; Juan Carlos Rodr?guez 13. Rasquache Mockumentary: Alex Rivera's Why Cybraceros ?; Debra A. Castillo

The sure-footed and historically aware manner in which the thirteen contributions home in on their specific topics while panning out to highlight broader regional and historical concerns means that this collection is illuminating and insightful, with much to commend it to novices and specialists alike. (David ConlolS'